Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi
(Raa Atoll)
Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll or Raa Atoll is an administrative
division from the Maldives. The capital is Ungoofaaru. It includes
Northern Maalhosmadulu Atoll proper and the island of Alifushi.1.
Alifushi and Etthingili (Powell Islands in the Admiralty Chart) stand on
a detached reef of their own with very deep waters (no sounding)
between this faru and the northern end of the main atoll.
Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi
(Baa Atoll)
Baa Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists
of three separate natural atolls, namely southern Maalhosmadulu Atoll
(which is 42 km long and 32 km wide and consists of 9 inhabited
islands), the Fasdūtherē Atoll (wedged in between the two Maalhosmadulu
Atolls and separated from north Maalhosmasdulu Atoll by Hani Kandu or
Moresby Channel) and the smaller natural atoll known as Goifulhafehendhu
Atoll (Horsburgh Atoll in the Admiralty charts).Situated on the west of
the Maldives atoll chain, it consists of 75 islands of which 13 are
inhabited with a population of over 11,000 people. The remaining 57
islands are uninhabited, in addition to eight islands being developed as
resorts.
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